US-based digital streaming firm Netflix has announced three major strategic partnerships in India- with Airtel, Videocon, and Vodafone. With offices in the US, Amsterdam, London, Singapore and Tokyo, it is also going to set up an office in Mumbai.
Netflix has about 94 million subscribers across the globe. Out of which 40 million are from outside the US. It is not...
Health Care
WHO says these 12 deadly superbugs pose the greatest health threats to humans
Susovan Panda -
For the first time ever, the World Health Organization (WHO) has published a list of the world's most dangerous and deadly superbugs or (antibiotic-resistant "priority pathogens") on Monday, detailing 12 families of bacterial supervillain that pose the greatest threat to human health and kill millions of people every year.
The list, created by a group of international experts led by...
Scientists have revealed that the black and white markings on giant pandas serve two functions: camouflage and communication.
In a collaborative study between the University of California, Davis, and the California State University, Long Beach, the scientists who studied why zebras have black and white stripes posed the question of colouration to giant pandas.
According to the researchers, treating each part...
Technology
Feast for star-gazers this March; Aldebaran, Venus, Mercury and much more
Sowmya Seshadri -
This month's feast for the star-gazers and astronomers is indeed unique. Like the other months, the regular visitors will stay through this month. Venus, will again give a spectacular show.
For one who has always admired the red star Aldebaran, this March 4 will be a game of hide and seek. On March 4, the first quarter moon will pass between Earth...
Technology
NASA designs new plant habitat for growing plants in International Space Station
Sowmya Seshadri -
When travelling a long journey that would take more than a week on commutation, no one would pack the food sufficient for those many days. Fresh the food, healthier it is. The astronauts in International Space Station also felt the same.
NASA is trying its all possible ways to grow food in the ISS. Its mission 'Veggie' has been proving good....
African elephants in the wild sleep for just two hours a day, recording the shortest daily sleep time, among mammals.
With African elephants being the largest land mammals, the new research suggests that bigger mammals need the least sleep. The elephants in the wild had an average daily sleep time of two hours, often going without sleep for up to...
The iPhone 8 glance set to be one of the most striking smartphones to date.
Apple has long been rumoured to be forethought something momentous for its next release, which will mark ten years after all the set afloat of its first ever iPhone.
The iPhone 8 is conventional to come with a gratifying hardware boost, but could also feature a...
Planning to build a home or designing an unbreakable gift? The present-day scientists would suggest this new material rather than steel or glass fiber. The field of 'Material Sciences' is striving to blend the nature and technology.
Scientists from Hokkaido University, led by Professor Jian Ping Gong, have created a new reinforced material using hydrogels. The study conducted as a...
Alphabet Inc.’s YouTube is soon coming up with YouTube TV. This live TV service is to attract young fans of online videos towards a television pay package. Millennials love great TV content, but what YouTube has seen is they don't want to watch it in the traditional setting. In addition, it will launch primarily in select US markets.
YouTube TV...
The innovation man has set to add another feather in his cap by sending two tourists on the moon through SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule.
"We are excited to announce that SpaceX has been approached to fly two private citizens on a trip around the moon late next year," said a statement by CEO Elon Musk.
This has come as the opportunity...